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^ ;4*# . VOL. XVI. l)ls PMsT R Y 17A W~ , What Sarmtcr Tillman Say* Ab :ut It in a Migf z^ne. i | A COMPARATIVE AN ALYtil 5. He Claims That tho EysUm is a Great Moral Insthution as Wall as a Woik? Ing Success. Bocator Tillman contributes tho following article to tho current ianuo of Frank Loslio's Popular Monthly on the Dit-pensary Svetom in South Carolina. Tho cruet do of Mrs. Nation againBt Baloons in Kaunas run in more or leas open violation of law, has attracted a good deal of attoution during tho last year to tho subject of whiskoy legisla tion. After Mrs. Nation was thrown into prison her new mothod of fighting whisky by "hatchotation" appoara to have fallen into dieuso, and lior appear anoo in Chioago, Now York and other oitioa has boon as a looturor who merely woildod tho hatohrt on tho platform and not in smashing fixturos. giving tho iinproBsiou that sho was still fired with holy zoal to wipo out tho liquor traffic, but morcly used tho hatchot ai an ad vcriiscmont. Tho agitation against saloons in Kansas is a striking proof of tho failuo of prohibition in that Sta'o, whero tho sa!o of whisky, oxoopt for "medicinal, pharmacoutioal and sacramental purposos" is striotly forbidden and it will bo profitablo, perhaps to tho readers of Leslie's Monthly to learn just what has boon dono and is now bo ing done in South Carolina in behalf of tcmperanoo by tho dispensary law. In Maino prohibition has boon tho tulo for over fifty years. It was adopted in Kansas some fifteen years or more ago and thoroforo in tho two Statos has I ad tho fullost and fairest trial. Tho South Carolina experiment of soiling undor State control wont into efloot in July, 1893, and wo cau thoroforo very properly inako comparison of results in the three S'atcs. Hero is a tsblo compiled from tho last report of tho oom . r _* 1 * ** ixiihbtum r * i internal rovonuo ana 1110 oer.bus of 1900: No. UaPop'n No. of t'lors per in 19U0. Liconfios Capita. Kansas .. 147,495 2,727 1 to 595 Maino... 094 450 1,191 1 to 585 So. Ca ... 1,340,316 446 1 to 8,00$ Tho permit to soil, issued by tho United States internal rovonuo depart incut, is not a "hconao" iu tho propor sot so of that toim, booause tho United States govomnient doos not authorizo tho salo of whisky contrary to tho State *' law. It is evidenoo that tho Tax ro quired by tho government of retailers has boon paid and will servo to protoot tho sellers of liquor against proooou'ion by tho United States authorities. It is evidenoo though, that no one would pay for this privdogo without intonding to noako uso of it, and it is therefore a logilimato deduction to ulaim that in tho thrco Statos under ooyoparieon tho nuni ber of persons rotailing liquor is ap proximatolv tho numhr r of Ii(>rsnr? n*v ing taxes of tho United States for tho privilege of selling. Tho comparison is strorgly in favor of tho South Caro lina system, and if the aoooesilility to places whero liquor is sold outs any figure in tempting mon to use it, it oau ho readily seen that South Carolina is far ahead of Maino and Kansas as a tomprranoo Stato. I will remark, in passing, that it is anomalous that tho United government should appear to cnoourago violation of Staio laws by issuing lioonso or permits to soli to porsons in a Stato whero tho sale is prohibited or is allowed only to bonded Stato officers. Quo would bujposo tho national government would aid in every way possiblo in the enforcement of Stato laws, but instead tho opposito polioy obtains as far as whisky is concerned. In all thrco States liquor oan be im portod from outside "for poisonal u^o" and tho oitizeos of tho thrco Siatos arc thcroforo on a par in that rcapeot. Of tho 416 persons who ha\o paid tho United States revenue tax for rotators in South Carolina, 94 aro the dispeneors, soiling acoordiog to law. The other 352 aro tho illicit dealers, and majority of theso aro in the ono oity of Charleston. Thcro aro a largo numher r\f rr>iinti/ia r<f Hr.ntV? l'ar/\lin? whero tho dispensary law is observed striotly. What then is tho dilicronoo botween tho South Carolina systom whioh has wrought such promising results and the piohibitiou whioh obtains in Kansas and Maino? 1 will briefly outiino tho system in voguo in tho Palmotto State. To quoto from tho law itself: '"Tho mauufaoturo, sale, barter or exchange, receipt or aoceptanoo for unlawful use; dolivory. storing and koop ing in poseossicn within tho State spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, brewod, or othor liquors and ot mpound or mixture theroof, by whatever name oallcd or known, whioh contain a cohol and aro used as a beverage, except as hcreinaftor provided, is prohibited." Tho liquor purchased in South Caro Una or imported into tho State for salo lawfully, is bought by the Stalo board of directors, wh:oh consists of threo men "of good moral character, not addicted to tho use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage." They aro oleotod by tho legislature. "This board must advortieo in two or moro daily nowspapera of tho Stato and one or more pub lished without tho Stato for bids to bo mado by parties desiring to furnish liduor to tho disponsary. Bids shall bo plaoed in an onvolopo, securely soaled with tho seal of tho oompany, firm or corporation and having boon so soalod shall bo plaood in tho expross offioo, direotod to tho State treasurer," tho uift Jiquor shall bo subjaot to a ohomioal will leavfri^ais or other satisfactory test by Lho 8tato obcuiiBt And if found adulterated or to contain any substanoo injurious to health, it is rejected, Tho oou-* traota for delivery having boon uiado, tlio whiskey is ordered as noodod by the S ato oommissiooor, who is under a bond of $75,000 and it is shipped to Columbia to tho 8 ato dispensary. This is tho oentral depot; equipped with appliances for bottling', iaboling, paokieg, oto. Tfco largost paokago put up is four gallons, and tho smallest onehalf pint, but tho bulk of tho liquor is put in pints and quarts. Thoso aro Boalod in a way to dit'-ot tampering with tho packages. Kvorvthing is kojh in siock lor whioa ttiero is a demand, from tho finost Frouoh brandy and champagno to boor. Thoro aro nomo ppooial brands of whisky sold iu tho packages put up by tho uianufao turor. All of tho i q iors are labeled "South Carolina Dispensary. Ap 1 havo already mentioned tluro aro 94 dippenscis who aro appointed by the oounty boards of control, throo men solcoted in each oounty upon tho rcoommendation of tho moaiDors of tho legislature. Tho oouuty dipponscrs aro all placed under bond and aro intendod to bo, in tho language of tho law, "not id iiotcd to tho use of intoxicating liquors as a boverago." Tho looal board, having pelootcd a disponpor, solcots a plaeo of business. Disponnarios oan or.ly bo tponod in incorporated towns and it is always permissible for tho citizens cf tho township iu whioh any sueli city or town is looated to obtaiu a disponaary by a majority voto, if tho Stato board gives oonsont. Thero aro iwo oounlioa in tho Stato whero no dia pomaries havo ever boon oponnd, as tho necessary voto was not obtainod at tho olcotion. In one instance a dispensary was closed by a voto of tho pocplo. in thcto "dry" ocunticB drunkennoss in as often scou au in tho other oountios. Tho local diapoDsor having givon bond and boon provided with a plaoo of I minors, souds aa ordor to the S.ato oommiesionor, specifying tho kinds and quantity of liquor thati? wanted. From long expericuoo, howover, tho Stato commissioner usually ships a stook 6uoh as in his judgment is adapted to tho wants of tho oommuuity. Tho goods i l.nn uliit>nr.d ?ma - iiiui oti>i'!'uu mo yjiuudu ill IUU |<rUH cnco of ono of tho members of tho local 1 or.rd uf ojntrol, to as to guaid against dishonest olaims for breakage. A prioo list is kopt in a conspicuous place, usually tho front window, showing tbo cost to tho oustomer of oaoh piokage kopt in stook. A few feet riom tho front door thcro is a cross counter, which shuts ctf tho rost of tho store aud customers novor go furthor than this. A dispensary looks v< r/ much liko a drug store, with tho bottles ranged on sholvcs. Whon ono wishos to uiako a purchaso in a dispensary a 4 pornnt" hook is handed him in which to write his name, place of rcsidonco, quantity and kind of liquor wanted on a blank, as follows: FORM NO 8. Request to Purchaso Intoxicating Li quors. No. 4 190 To tho County Disponser: The undersigned, age residing at No St dosires to purchaso tho following intoxioating 1.quors Attest Dispenser. Theeo pormit hooks aro hound in paoka&os of a hundred and aro ueod for tho settlement which tho oounty disponser must make with tho auditor, as woll as for tho information of tho inepootors, and thoy aro, also alwavs onon to the nuhlio. Th? ia to h&vo every paokago of liquor shipj cd fiom tho State disponsary accounted tor. It iH further a oheok on tho dispenser and provonts tho sale illicitly of whisky on his own account. Tho purchase having been oomplot od, and monoy paid, tho purohasor must leave tho storo without breaking tho eoal or opening tho paikago. No questions aro asked, and tho only limitation on tho salo is: Tho disposers must not soli to a minor or to a person "who is known to habitually got drunk." Thsro is no orodit and no bookkeeping, cxcopt to sum up tho amount of tho day's sale?, with tho list of tho various kinds of packages disposed of, whioh arc ohtrged against tho etook. The pre fit mado by tho looal dispensary, after doduoting expenses, goos half to tho oounty and tho other half to tho town. Tho Siato reoeivos its nrofit in tho 1)1 ion nharend In llm local dispenser, adding to tho first oost tho expense ot' bottling, freight, eto. Tho net piofila for State, town and county, for clovon months, ending Dace mbor i, 1900, is $522 343. Tho State's profit goes to tho iroo school fund. What is there about this mothod of selling liquor whioh tnakos it superior to prohibition or to tho lioonso systoin? First:?Liquor is tho only artiole of oommcroo in general use that is consumed at tho time and plaoe of its purchase. It is safo to say that threofourths of it is thus disposed of. The dispensary law enforoas a diff ront mothod by requiring tho purchaser to tako it away as ho would a paokago of shoes or a sack of dour. Ho must go somewhere else than to the plaoo whe-ro lie buys it to oonsumo it. Second:?The element of personal profit whioh lies at the root of ihe sa loon evil is destroyed. The dispensors reooivo fixed salaries proportionate to tho amount of work they do. They don't get a commission on salos and have no inoontivo to push them. Third:?"Treating"' is destroyed and this does xnoro for sobriety than possibly any othor feature of tho systom. Tho man who has bought a bottlo at the dispensary may treat ono or a half docon of his friends, to ono drink and that will be all. The induoemont and obligation to rcoiprooate whioh are bo woll understood do not exist. ______ CCNWAY. S. Fourth: ? At euu down th) dispensary olosos. It opens at 8 o'olock in tho morning. The legitiiuato demand for whisky ia suppliod during daylight, and tho dispenser having closed up his plaoo of business has no inonntivo to roopon it to uuko a sale. Under no form of lioenso is this po&Biblo. Uosidos it is a misdemeanor to mako t-alos in any way or at any timo exoopt as tho law providos. Thus far tho comparison has bcon with tho saloon, or lioenso system, rathor than with prohibition. With tho latter thoro is really no comparison to bo uiado except to point to results. Of course it is well understood where prohibition has boon tried, that tho ocrti&eato of a physician that liquor is needed for modioino has b?en *u ?asy thing to obt?in. Hypoorioy a^d per- , jury wcro both inoreasod. That moo will drink is so well understood that 1 tho faots adduced to show how littlo prohibition prohibits in Kansas and ' Maine aro alono nocossary to show that tho dispensary is auporioi to that sys f torn of 1'q tor control. Tho toBtimony ' of unbia.>od judges is tiiat in South ' Carolina drunkenoss has dooroasod to 1 a maikcd dogroo?from 50 to 75 por oont?sinoo this law wont into tU?ot. I In most of tho oouotios liquor is sold only at tho court house town and m u cither obtain thoir supply thoro or it is shinned in from outside for norsonal ' uso, diroot ta tho individual. Disponscra can Poll oa writton or * dors and send goods by hand or express. Thoro ia uo attempt to provout tho Ubo of liquor. Wo "fight tho devil 1 with tiro." Wo noinbat tho abuso of ( whibky with tho uso of whisky, bupp'.y 1 ing tho dcuiaDd in tho least harmful ' way It wou d bo oasy to amplify tho argum ;uts and go muoh more into do tails, all of whioh would bo intorost 1 ing aud instruotivo, but in tho limits ( of a magtzino artiolo this is impossible. ! 1 will only add that tho law haH boon subjootcd to a sorios of bitter omtosts, and has been praotically tho only iflbuo ' in Stato politics binoo it was onaotod. It has always triumphed and in tho 1 last oloction against a combination or t prohibitionists, high liocnso advooatos, and tho old whisky soiling o!o nout, it won by an inorcasod majority for govornor, aud has tho support of two-thirds of both branches of tho gcnoral assembly. it is safo to say that it is a fixture 1 in South Carolina. ( ? t Adopted by tho Navy. t Tho navy department has taken tho * initial stops toward tho adoption of of wireless tolegraphy as a moans of ' signaling between warships at sea. To t this end Admiral Bradford of tho do 1 partmont of equipment has asked that * tho armored ciuistr* of tho Pennsylvania ulass have their masts aud rigg- 1 ing so arranged that tho wireless system f oan ho introduced. This will necessitate 1 tho lengthening of tho hiss's of tho ' ships and she insulation of tho metal 1 rigging by tho uso of hemp covering 1 for halyards. It is intended to got ( tost sots of instruments of tho various 1 wireless systems now boing oporatod. | These inoludo tho Marconi system. > Thus far, howovor, tho navy depart- 1 men has not adopted definitely any ' system, but tho construction of the 1 now shipi is regarded as a preliminary ( to tho adoption of a system whenever ^ its practicability is fully established. 1 Tho British navy already has a number ( of its ships equipped with tho wirolci-B 1 syetem, but ihis is the first move on ' tho part of tho Amarioan navy to mako ( use of tho wiroloss plan. I A Tale of tho Sou. Among tho passongors on tho stoamor Antilia, whioh has arrived at Now York t rcoontly wcro Payno Mitohcll and tho sutvivors of tho orow of tho wrooked j thrco-mastcd aohoouor 10. L White of Harrington, Maino. Tho Whito was j bound from Philadelphia for Cardonns with a oargo of ooal and stranded on Gingor Broad shoal on Deo, 7. 8oon after grounding tho vossol began to roll ou tho rooks and sko showed signs of broaking up. Throo of tho orow pro fcrred to trust thoir livos to tho ship's boat, whioh was launched alongside, Tho roitof the orow roinainod on hoard. During tho night following, tho swoll oapsizod tho boat and two of tho seamon woro drowned. Tho next day (Japt. Mitohcll and tho rcmaindor of tho orow proooedod in tho boat to Bernini island, and thenco wcro assisted to Nassau. Killed Thirteen Children. Boforo tho tetanus oourt of inquiry Thursday in St. Louis, Ilonry K. Taylor. janitor for tho ohemioal and baotorioiogioal divisions of tho hoalth do partmont, admitted undor oath that ho lssuod for publio uao tho toxio anti dipthoritio soium, whioh oausod tho rooout death of thirteen ohildson from tetanus, ilo distriduted tho vials, properly labolod, ho stated, bcoauso tho supply of dipthoria anti-toxin had boon exhausted early iu Ootobor and ho did not bclicvo tho serum 'I was bad enough to kill children." Taylor is a negro, who has hold oity positions for many VAAffl. TmIa* tftmiilAil tllAt liia fn.niAa / - - ?V. v*A?Mjkv?>vvt VIIHV HU JUlUK'l testimony ia whioh ho sworo that so- j rum of Sort. 20 had not been diatribu- > tod, was faleo. 1 A Costly Joko. Tho Charleston Tost says "tho ex- ( plosion of a oannon oraoker in tho parlor j of tho rosidonoo of Mr. Frodoriok Mur- f daugh at 314 Mooting stroot yostorday , wrecked every pano of glass in tho win- ( dows and did oonsidorable damago to | the pioturos and fanoy ornamonts in tho room. Mr. Murdaugh was ontor- < taining a numbor of frionds yostorday ' afternoon and a mornbor of his family lightod a big fire oraoker to frighton tho assembled guests. Tho explosion was terrific and the oonoussion was so great that every window pano was broken, plastering shattorod from the * walls and muoh brio-a-brao destroyod. * It was a goitlf ^oke." 1 v- U~*~ir 1 * ? "| ivvtt C. THURSDAY, .IAN HE WAS KICKED OUT By the President fjr ring Admiral 8t.hl y. ROOSEVELT HAD THE POWER To Diichatga Him for Oood and 8uff,c!ent Reasons Well Known to Himself and the Pub! c. Scorotary Long has disohargod Kdgar Stanton Maolay from his position as \ skilled laborer in the Hrooklaud navy ^aid, Maolay having refused to rcsgn upon request. Mtulay is author of a Daval history and in its last volume iharply oritioiscd Admiral Sohloy and icnounood him as a oaitilf, pollroou ami joward. Soorotary Ljngs' aotion was Lakou by dirootion of tho probidont and followod a ooufcronao botwoon tho president and tho soorotary, who took to tho Whito llouso with him a loiter rrom Maolay in response to tho request for his rosigi atiou sontby tho soorotary ast Saturday. In this lottor Maolay jubmittod that ho ODuld not bo removed ? h- 1 -at * 1 n ji uu vjuuiiu rutjiga wmioui uonlite ohargos boing mado against him mil without having an opportunity to inawer thoao oliargos. Although tho rivil norvioo ruloa give omployoa of tho publio aorvioo tho opportunity of answjring charges that may bo profcrrod igaiust thorn tho president exercised lis prerogative in tho prosont instanoo ?nd demanded Maolay's romoval it bong hold that tho lattor that awaro unofficially if not officially of tho reason ahioh actuated tho exooutivo in taking die oourso determined on. Nonrotary liong said tho action taken today would iispouo of tho cano tinally. Mr. Maolay's letter to Soorotary Long oplying to tho request for his rosigna,ion is as follows: Navy Yard, Now, l)oo 23. i'o Hear Admiral Albert 8. Barkor, II. 8. N., Commandant Navy Yard, Now York. Sir: 1 have tho honor of aoknowlodg ng tho roooipt of your communication >f this dato, in which you forwardod .ho following oommunioation of this Into from tho honorable soorotary of .ho navy: "1 am dircotod by tho president to isk KigarS. Maolay, spooial laborer, joooral storekoopors' cffico, navy 7ard ,Now York, to send in his resignation." I respcotfully submit that 1 was regllarly appointed to my prosont position iftcr having duly passed a olerk's ox imination in acoordanoo with all tho equircmonts of tho civil sorvioo rcgilauons and, thoroforo oannot bo ronoved or bo oompcllod to rosign with )ut definite chargOH boing mado against no and without having an opportunity ;o answer thoso charges. 1 havo been n this cffico fifteen months, havo boon promoted for (fficicnoy and, so far as I enow my work has been satisfactory to ny suporiors. 1 havo violated no rules >r regulations of thisolfica or of tho nary yard, so far as 1 am awaro. Such icing tho oaso. 1 foci that it would not enly bo an injustice to mysolf to rosiga jndor such circumstances, but it would jo ostab.islung a precedent that vitally lonooms thousands of oivilscrvioo cm jloycs, both national and 8tato. Vory rospeotfuliy yours, Kdgar 8 Maolay. Soorotary long's dispatoh to Koar i 1 * ? ? - - vumirai n&rKor enrooting JYlaolay'B ro noval waa an followa: Washington, Doo. 24. tear Admiral A. 8. Barkor, I J. 8. N.: B7 dirootion of president, Edgar 8. Vlaolay is diaoh*rgod. Notify him. hong. AI'l'BALEI) IN VAIN. Tho oivil soivioo commission Thurs* lay notified Edgar 8. Maolay, tho hiaorian, rcoontly omployod at tho Brookyn navy yard, that his removal from lis position waa not in violation of tho jivil aorvioo aot. This notification was iontaincd in a lottor writton to Maolay >y Proaidont Prootor of tho oommis>ion, and ia in roply to an inquiry from jim. Tho following ia tho roply of tho sommiebion to Maolay's lottor: Washington, Dee. 20, 1901. K2igar 8. Maolay, Offioo 8torokoopor, Navy Yard, Now York: 8ir?Tho commission ia in rcooipt of pour loiter of tho 24th, asking its opinon upon tho fallowing quostiona: "Una tho Prcoidont of tho Unitod States anv authority undnr governing a oivil acrvioo cmployeo in .ho classified list? "lias tbo President authority or powor to oaueo the dismissal of any nvil Borvioo employoo without proforing ohargos in writing and giving said >nuployoo opportunity in whioh to mako' lefonseV" In response, you aro informed that it s oontrary to tho praotioo of tho oomnission to undertako to dcoido hypo.helical questions. Your separation rom tho servioo, aooording to tho faots n your oase, as appear in the publio press, was mado on tho ordor of the Jcorotary of tho Navy. Tho domand 'or your resignation, followed by your 'omoval, upon direotion of the Prosi lent, through tho Seorotary of the Navy, is not in violation of tho oivil lorvioo aots and rulos in view of tho well-known faots in your oaso. Tho )bjrot of tho rule requiring notioo and louring was to prevont political ronovala or removals upon soorot ohargoe. So issuo of ibis kind is involved in four oaso, Vory rospeotfully, John 8. Prootor, President. TOLD TO oo. Kigar S. Maolay, who rofusod to reiign as a spooial laborer in the offioe of .he general storekeeper at the Brookyi\ navy yard, was summarily disohargrf A ' ' tt'jH HL v ~ pwal U AllY 2, 1902. I ! I ? ????mmmmmmmmm?mmmmmrmmmmmmmmmww ed Thursday. Maolay wont to tho navy yard as usual Thursday auc* proI ared to rcsuuio h's duties. Pay Dirco lor PutDatn went to Maolay's dosk, \ read hiiu tho tolo^raui of dismissal received from Washington Thursday, and told hint ho was dismissed Miolay loft tho >ard iuimcdiatoly. I to said ho would return at tho usual tiuio Friday a preparol to go to work. a A Curious Find. fi Tho (linoinnati Kcquiror'o Qalliopolia ,( special says tho dclivory of a uiauu- t script in a soorot drawor of an old clock u in tho oity rovoslH a soorot of the French ? court aud shows tho reason of tho visit (] to that oity in 178!) of tho I)uko of Or- fi loans, aftorward Lyuis l'hiliipo of fi Franoo. Tho disoovory was made by u (Jiaudo M. Wall whilo takmg apart an |j old Frouoh olook tliat had long been a standing ii tho stoiago room of his a store. Ho found a storot drawer in tho p olook whioh contained an old paroh- NV nient ruanuseript written in Fronoh and Hi whioh was wrapped in a child's flannel fi skirt richly ombroidorod and bearing a K monogram. A piooo of tino laoo was tj also with tho manuscript. Upon trans a< lation the manusoript purportod to bn f, "a truo history of Adolo do Alonquon." 0 It boro tho signature of Louis do Alon- | quon an was datod (Jjtobor 15, 1781). u It was addressed to Adolo, apparontly u to bo given hor whon she grew to ma- fi turity. Tho bubstanoo of it was that fi Adolo was tho daoghtor of tho Duko of Urloaus. Tho mothor diod at tho child's n, birth, ignorant of tho rank of its fathor. It Tho writor was thou placed in ohargo ai of tho ohild and sent with it to (lalli- || polis, whoro thoro was a Fronoh oolony. 0 i no Biory ran mat ho booamo hor pro- w ooptor and finally, aftor a visit of tho 0] lhiko of Orloana to Oallipolis, it was 0] dotorminod to tend Adolo to aCatholio K school in Kianoo. Tho mothorof Adolo ?; not boing of royal blood tho marriago f( was kopt scorot. Mr. Wall has sont tho p manunoript to tho Krouch ambassador }, at Washington. Souio portions of tho h papor giving names and lincago havo w not boon mado public. K A Common Govornor. 01 Tho Kansas City .Journal says that 0; aomo of tho young womon oompoaing b au orohoatra visited tho Kansas atato- ti hoaao tho othor day. Thoy woro wan- t! dcring aimloaaly about when a goutlo- p man, obaoiving that thoy woro atrang- n crs, took thorn into tho oHioe of t.ho 01 govornor and inlroduocd thorn to that rj dignitary. Oovornor Stanloy is an adopt at making pooplo fool at ease, ti and ho soon had tho young wouiou lj laughing aud joking at a groat rato, hut b tho moat amusing thing of all did not g, ooour uutil tho party had panaod from 0| tho govornor'a dhoo into tho corridor. ai Thoro ono of tho girla oomnionood to b jump up and down and naid oxoitodly: ai "Glory, glory I Now 1 cau go homo h and toll papa that at laat 1 havo aoon a w livo govornor. Hut," aho oontinuod (J moro soberly, "1 did not expoot to find a governor ao common that ho would moot pooplo without hia uniform on." Taxpaying Behind. n Under tho law time for tho paying of 81 taxoa expiroa on tho 31 it inBt. From 11 all over tho atato oimo reports that tho w t k V . 11 n n 11 a n u kkA IhaIIiaa ? .1 11. ? ? ^ u?/i luvwtvuu cat \j lUiiUUI UUIHUU 111 Ik 11 ^ thoy have boon in scvoral years, and 111 many arc anxiously inquiring if thoro 1" will bo an oxtonsion of tiuic. Tho au la thorily to cxtond rests with tho govor- b' nor and tho oomptrjllergonoral Noithor *' of thoso officials havo exprosaod their *1 views on tho matter and in faot havo * doolincd to say what thoy will do. ?l Last year thoy positivoly refused to r' cxtond tho tiino, but tho logislaturo 11 oamo along later and did so. It in ini- o, poBsiblo at prosont to prodiot what will n bo dono. Ono thing is oortain and that vv is that tho complaint of hard times d oodqoh froui tho oountry this yoar far * moro loudly than it did last yoar, and it is quite probable that tho timo will o again bo extondod. h Eighty Men Poisoned. Highly members of Company F. lOightconth infantry, woro poisoned winlc eating broakfast Christmas morn- ^ ing and for a timo fully half of thorn H| woro in dangor of doath. Boforo break g( fast was ovor every man in tho company had to lcavo tho tablo and soon all wuro tj prostrated and in groat agony. Tho ^ post surgeon wai summoned and ad- ^ ministorod an antidoto. Forty of tho ^ men who sat down first, woro in vory ( bad shapa and vomitod vigorously. Tho ^ antidoto administorod roliovod all of j, thorn and this ovoning most of thorn ,j woro ablo to bo about. Ooo old man, w howovor, whoso namo was not asoortain- * od, is oritioally ill. Tho surgeon ox- a aminod tho food sorvod at breakfast jj Anrl iu iKn r\nlr\?/\r> iUf .M IW V|<IUIVU *U?U VUU (IUD1UU ^ was in tho boof. Tho man woro station* u od noar Uhoyonno, Wyo. g The Ohio Way. d Six men wore wounded in a general fight at a small oouutry ohuioh at Ihko postoffioo, Ohio, Thursday night and a panio took plaoo among tho worshippors. 0 A sorios of roligious mootings was in u piogrcss and tho ohurch was filled, whon ti I Oharlos and Orrin Day appeared, slight- r, ly intoxicated, and announocd that thoy i] "oomo to olean out tho hoggs family," rj with whioh tho Days have had froquont ti quarrels. A general fight rosultod in tl tho ohuroh and arouad it. Womon and t< ohiidron shrieked and sought safoty 0 rrom rovolvorn and knives by jumping Bl oat of tho windows. Only tho minister, b Kov. Mr. ltowo, remained. At the t] oloso six men lay fatally hurt. The Cherry Tree Swindle. A dispatch from Henrietta, N, C , says tho Chorry Troe Company oon- a tinaes to bo tho ohicf topic of oonvorsa- tl tion thero. Tho very faot of it having h swindled poor womon and ohildron g out of from $60,000 to $100,000 is ii astonishing. However, it is true. Tho ti trial bofore Clork of the Court ri Dickinson came up today and will oon- b tinue for a day or two. Some intorost- JtJ ing facta are being disolosed. ii HAS GONE TOO FAR 1 Vhat a Friendly Pftper 8ay? About Senator McLaurin. Tho troullo with Sonator MoL&urio ppoara lo bo that ho Iont his purpoao nd permitted hiuiaclf lo bo swervod rum the path which ho had marked out or himself. So noon as ho undo known t hat ho had thrown < II tho yoko of Till- " tanisui and would not tako tho llryan a lodicino offered him uuIohb he likod it, n hero began a ayatomatio effort to drivo i im out of tho Democratic party. Tho f o was strong and ooDtinuoun, and 1 lcantuno he waa tho ofjeot ol liopub- ?t can flattery and made tho disponsor , t WaHhingtou of a Ktpublicao patron- , KO in South Carolina Luted by ono 0 arty in tho Hauio direction in whioh ho , 'as bciug driven by tho othor, hia u trongth failed aud ho cveratoppod tho d oundH ho had Bot for h inHolf. Kvjn 1 t tho beginning of his political duvia '' ion?ihiu word doesn't oonvoy tho ox ^ ot abide of mcaniug but is employed R jr laok of a bettor?ho stood for poli- f, its whioh woro at varianoo with tho T >oinooraiio orocd; wo do not mean this li ow hybrid ooncern whioh ma-'iucrados g ndor tlio natuo of' Democracy uoforo it k eoamo diaoaHod; but ho has gono a 8 ow shot beyond his original purpoHos * nd lias committed tho fatal mistako of n ^lOlttinir Hrnnnliiiitn onmniiilnn ?Dui..r> I . , ---r? ? > v.v "" "ft"- h lonts and, if rooont reports bo truo, of k ttouding Sonalo Kopuidioan oauouscs. ?i [in friends and sympathizers outcido f< f South Carolina had hoped that ho < ould dcolaro his doctrines?with sonio Jf f whioh they did not agroo?and ' hanoo his fortuuos insido his party, ( Dxious, as thoy woro, to soo what do- j, rco of tolcranoo thoro is in that Stato 01 >r a hoalihy Demooratio indepondonoo. w hoy arn aooordingly disappomtod that D o has gone so far Kopublioanward, it 8 aving boon hoped by thorn that if, as as foreseen, ho was doniod committee Bsignuionts by tho Democrats ho would oolioo thoso olforod by tho Kopubli ins and bo oontont to tako a position o I' dignilicd isolation. Wo thoroughly o oliovo that Sonttor MoLaurin was on- n roly patriotic and oonsoiontious in c \o positions advorso to thoso of his p arty whioh ho assuiuod a yoar ago, for k o bad or sottish motives animating hiui a in bo divinod. lie oould not hopo to so to highor rank than that of Sona i >r, and Sonator ho waH and oould oon g nuo to bo so long as ho rotnainod in b no with tho "duuiiuant element" in h is Btato. Ho doliboratoly ohoso to v at out of lino, oortaiuly with no hopo t f promotion tor ho oan not aspiro to v nything higher than the Souaiorship; b ut ho has gotlon loo far out of lino 1 ml wo foar lhat tho good work whioh f o had inaugurated in South Carolina t ill suitor a back sot in oonscquonco.? p harlotto Obaorvor. vt t A Giant Gliost. A personage, whether man or woman o ono can mil, but Uouoribod by tho lporsiiious as a ghost, has frightened iti roaidontb of Cazonovia, N. V., for a b oek. Soino of tno wornon aud ohil- ft rou havo gono iuto hyatorioa by tho u ioio rcoiui ol' Iho autios of tho aup 0 usodghoai. Tho apparition, ho oaliod, ([ i thought by tho rnoio oouaorvativo to A o souio uouiontod poison of Lugo height 0 ud girth. It wan pursued a low uights p 50 through a vacant lot by Lhroo men u hon it nuddonly and notoriously din- n ppoarod. it la said to diplay a long 1 laty knifo and a rovolvor. Ita favor- ? 0 hauut 13 tho railway atotion and tho * Id ukatiug rink, 'i ho objoot hidou bo- j woon buildings aud under loft clmafor ? hioh (Jazjnovia la noted. Lta hoad ia t OHonbod aa inclosed in a v7nilo hood, t hioh lorininatoa in a point whioh 1 ways back and forth aa tho ghost glidoa 1 vor tho ground. Ail plana to oatoh it ? avo failed aed thoro is no poaoo in )WD. ^ Lbight-Year-Old Uoroiiih. E Kight yoar-old Maud Potorson Tuos- Q ay night, at tho riak of lior own life, j avod hor aistor'a house from boing do- 1 Lroyod by tiro at St. Paul, Mmn., and robably savod tho livoa of hor throo lit- t lo nieoo, agod 6, 4 and 2 yoara. Maudo J 'as loft at tho home of hor siator, Mrs. 1 iharloa llanloy, to oaro for tho houso 1 rhiio Mra. llanloy wont to do hor ^ IV,....? .1 : ? rn 1-1- ? 'iiiiniLURO ruu'innu^;. I wu Hiouuor 11Q0H | ung with olothing euapondod ovor a , imp on tne tablo oaught tiro. Tho a auios mounted to tho ooiling. Maudo, <J rith raro proflonoo of mind, olimbod on ? ho tablo, grabbed tho burning mass 1 nd ran to tho door, Fortunately tho ' arnos did not ooinmuuioato to tho litlo heroino'n olothing. Whon tho firo- ) iien arrived the littlo gill had extiu- i uishod tho tlamos aud wm trying to <j iapol tho foam of tho iittlo ones. Hidden Treasurer Found. Word has boon reooivod from Holmes \ ounty, Miss,, to tho offoot that somo f ukuown persons have suooooded in ?. ndiug tho buried troasuro of tho Mur- . oil gang of bandits, whioh torrorisod i hatseotion many yoars ago, with a so- i ios of murdors and robborios. Tho 1 roasuro, it is olaiuued, wai dug out of I ho hillside on Tunnogusha oreok, about ] so milos northwest of hoxington, An , Id pot, rustod and oorrodod, was found j [,voral days ago and is supposod to bavo ( con dug up by aomo former momhcr of A ho band. ( Fight With Filipinos. Tho War Dopartmont Thursday was dvisod by Uon. Chatfoo, at Manila, t hat Company F, Twonty- first-Infantry 1 ad a hand to-hand onoounter in a ( orgo six milos south of San Jose, c latangas, on Djocmbor 23. Twonty- c wo of tho onemy woro killed. aPt- i ok A. Connelly reooivod an ugly ] olo wound in the loft oheok, and s Vivfcto Carney reooivod six bolo oats i YMlWou1'" ' NO 23 THl H0M1 OQLD CURE. in Inegnious Treatment by whloh Drunkards are Being Cured Daily In Bplte of Themielvee Vo Ncxious Dotee No Wakening of theNervee. A Pleasant and Poeltivo Cure for the Liquor Habit. It is new generally known aa<l understood hat Drunkenness is a disease and not weakiess, A body filled with poison, and nerves oinpletoly shattered by periodical or oonteut uso of intoxicating liquors, requires an ntidote capablo of neutralixing and eradioatng thin poison, and destroying the craving or intoxicants. Huliorors may now euro hemselvcs at home without publicity or loss f time from business by tbls wonderful 'HOME GOLD CURE" which has been perectod after many years of close study and reaunent of inebriates. The faithful use aor ding to directions of this wonderful die* every is positively guarauteod to cure the tost obstinate case, no matter how hard a [tinker. Our records show the marvelous ransforuintton of thousands of Drunkards nto sober, industrious aud upright men. WIVESOURKiYOURHUSBANDS! CHIL)UEN CURE YOUR FATHERS!! This remdy is in no sense a nostrum but is a spsoiflo or this disease only, and is so skillfully deiscd and prepared that it is thoroughly soublo and ploasant to taste, so that it can be iven in a cup of tea or coilee without the nowledgo of tho person taking it. Thouamis of Druukards have cured themselve rith this priceless remedy, and as many tore havo been cured aad made temperate ion by having the ' CURE" administered y loving friends and relatives without their nowlodgu in coffee or tea, and believe today lint they discontinued drinkintr of their own >r nil time. The "HOME GOLD CURE" la old at tho extreinoly low prico of One Dolir, thus placin vnthiug the roaoh of everyody a troatmont more effectual than other* onting |25 to $50. Full directions aeoomany oach pckage. Special advice bj skilled hysicians when requested without oxtra hargo. Sent prepaid to any part of tho 'orld on receipt of One Dollar, Addreea ?ep . EDWIN U. GILES & COVIPANY.o 330 and 238'J. Market Street, Philadelphia. All correspondence strictly confidential. A Uood Example. A dispatch from Washington says ighty-sovon big turkovs woro diatributd to tho Whito Houso polioomon, losaongors, ushors, servants, gardonrs and stablomon today with tho oomlitnonlH of tho prosidont. Each turoy had on it a oard, boaring tho soaon's ooinplimonts. Tho distribution 'an tho largost ovor uiado at tho Whito Iouho. President MoKinloy alwaja avo turkoya to tho married omployos, ut tho list of rooipionts was novor so argo as that of today. Tho turkoya roro distributed by llonry l'tuoknoy, ho Wluto llouso stowaid. Kxprosa ragout*, mail oarriors and mossongors ore numorous paokagos to tho Whito louso today, prosonts to tho ltossovolt anuly from frionds and admirors hroughout tho country. Many of tho aokagos woro for tho ohildron, who rill not bo allowed, howovor, to havo horn uutil tomorrow. A WORTHY SUCCESSOR. Something New Under the Son All Doctors have tried to oura CATARRH j the uae of powders, aoid gaaee, tahalera ud drugs in paate form. Their powdera dry p the mucuoua meuioranea causing them to rack open aud bleed. The powerful aoida aed id tho inhalers have entire!/ eaten away ie same membranes that their makera hare iiuedloouro, while p&stca and ointmenta an not reaoh the diaeaae. An old and exericnced praotioner who haa for many yeara iade a close atudy and specialty of tno treatlent of CATARRH, has at last perfected a reatmeiit wbioh when faithfully use l, not uly relievos at once, but permanently onraj jATARRll by removing theoauaa, atopping no disonarges, and curiug all inflammation. It is the only remedy known to scienoe tha ctuauy reaches tne alliioted parte. Thus ronderful remedy 1a known aa "SNUFFLES he OUARANTKED CATARRH CURE" and i sold at the extremely low prioe of One loilar, each package containing internal and nernal medicine auilioient for a full month'i reatuient and everything ueoeaaary to its erfeot uae. "SNUFFLES" ii the only perfeot CA?ARHil liURE ever made and ia now reoogdied aa the only aafe and poaitive oure for hat annoying and diaguating diaeaae. It urea all iutlamation quioklyand permanentI and ia alao wonderfully quiok to relieve 1AY FEVER or COLD in tne IIBAI). CATARRH when neglected often leada to JONSUAlFTlON?"SNUFFLES" will aave ou if you use it at once, Iv la no ordinary remedy, but a complete treatment whioh la ?oaitively guaranteed to oure CATARRH in ,ny form or atage if uaed according to the lireotiona whicn accompany each paokage. Jon't delay but aend for it at onoe, and vrite full partioulara aa to your oondition, ,nd you will receive aDeoial advice from th? liicoterer of thia wonderful remedy regard* ug jour case without oo?t to jou beyond the egular price or "SNUFFLEd" the "GUAR. INTElU OATARRU CURE.'' Bent prepaid to aay addreee ia the United Itatea or Canada on receipt of One Dollar tddreia Dept EDWIN B. GILES A COM 'ANY, and 2332 2330 Market Street, Phlla lelphia Charleston Exposition. The exhibit of live stook at tho ex* lOHUton in Charleston will be the lar;ost held in tho south. It will open on Jan. t> and will continue until Jan. 20. Alroady 1,500 ontries have been made tnd in tho oompotition many of the nost famous hordaof the United States flu do roprosontod. M ho outries so ar mado eomo from 17 States. Money ;>romiums amounting to $15,000, whioh u now on deposit at the Bank of Charoston, will bo paid to tho successful jontostants. Oeorgo V. Weston of Vandorbilt'a Biltimoro stook farmis in >hargo of the live stook department. lloldon Buspician. A white man supposed to be Rev. lamos L. Douglass, alias James B. Hamilton, who is wanted at Lithonia, la., for bigamy, lareeny and other tharges and for whoso capture a reward >f $100 is offered, has been arrested tnd plaood in jail at Walterboro, 8. O. lo olaims to be an evangelist and enwers tho printed description of the nan who is wanted in Qeorgla. Heren*.i 4a .t*. ... . ..